Jean Ann Notdurft

Dec. 13, 1941 – June 12, 2011

Jean Ann Notdurft of Redmond, Oregon, passed away peacefully at St. Charles Medical Center – Redmond on June 12, 2011, after a very short illness. She was 69.

Jean was born Dec. 13, 1941, in Portland, Oregon, the oldest child of Robert and Sophia

(Senn) Geiger. She grew up in Portland, Oregon, graduating from Ulysses S. Grant High School in 1959. Jean attended Oregon State University where she was affiliated with Chi Omega Sorority. She graduated with a bachelors degree in business administration in 1963.

She married Norman E. Notdurft in 1963, and joined him on various travels and assignments throughout the world, during Norms 28-year career in the U.S. Air Force. Jean became interested in the education of special needs and emotionally disturbed children and received her teaching certification in 1975. It was a career change that became the love of her professional life.

Upon retiring in 1991, the couple moved to Kitsap County, Washington, where she taught in Port Orchard and was involved in quilting and serving at Family of God Lutheran Church. The couple moved to Redmond, Oregon, in 2005.

Jean is survived by her best friend and husband, Norman Notdurft; her daughter, Jill (Bryan) Waldrop of Spring, Texas; and son, Shaun Notdurft of Springfield, Oregon. Other survivors include her sister, Kay (Spiros) Karidis of Klamath Falls, Oregon, and brother, Richard Geiger of Jarrahdale, West Australia, and niece, Ruhma Geiger also of Jarrahdale, West Australia.

Per Jeans wishes, her ashes will be disbursed in the Pacific Ocean by the Neptune Society.

Memorial contributions may be made in Jeans memory to the Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 386 N. Fir Street, PO Box 1056, Sisters, Oregon, 97756.

Baird Funeral Home of Bend is in charge of the local arrangements, (541) 382-0903.

www.bairdmortuaries.com.

Jean Ann Notdurft